Tajikistan: increased vulnerability to potential shocks despite sustained growth
- Written by TCA
DUSHANBE (TCA) — According to official estimates, real GDP in Tajikistan grew by 6.8% during the first nine months of 2017, compared with 6.7% a year earlier. Growth was pulled along by net exports, due in particular to high external demand for Tajikistan’s mineral resources, general improvement in the terms of trade and pick-up in private consumption as remittances rose by over 22%, according to the World Bank’s Tajikistan Economic Update, Fall 2017.
